Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 177 New Laboratory

"I heard that you have read all the books they sent?"

In the basement of Malfoy Manor, Comrade Old V sat at one end of the long table and said softly.In front of him was a well-cooked steak, which had just been cut into a small piece and hadn't been eaten yet.

"It's over." Ike took a bite of the risotto, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and replied.

"What a lot of energy." Comrade Lao Fu said calmly, and he couldn't tell whether it was a compliment or what, "I understand everything?"

"Yes." Ike nodded.

The collections of these pure-blood families are still of great help to Ike, but with his current level of magic, it is not difficult.At least, they didn't give Ike much inspiration, let him find a way to advance to LV7.

"I've heard about what you did in the second event of the Contest. For you who are already able to use sea control skills, those help is indeed very limited." Comrade Lao Fu put down the knife and fork in his hand, a pair of red Looking at Ike, "But you have to know, little Ike, knowledge can be cheap or expensive."

"Are you ready to explore the true meaning of magic?"

"I'm ready." Ike's eyes were burning, full of desire for knowledge, and that kind of hot and strong emotion made Comrade Fu nodded in satisfaction.

"Don't worry, little Ike, you will get what you want. The Dark Lord will never treat those who have helped him badly." Old Comrade Fu said something pointedly, picked up the knife and fork again, Enjoy the food carefully prepared by Malfoy in front of you.

"Okay, teacher."

Ike is not in a hurry, he is very sure that Comrade Lao Fu needs him now.

As long as he is valuable, he will definitely get what he wants...

Under normal circumstances, Ike would not dine with Comrade Lao Fu, but today was considered a special case.After eating, he bowed slightly to Comrade Lao Fu, and Ike left the basement that was basically exclusive to Comrade Lao Fu.

Going up the stairs, Lucius, Crabbe, Goyle, and Wormtail stood outside the door, nodding at them, and Lucius and the others immediately bowed slightly.

Within the Death Eaters, Ike's status is special.

There is an essential difference between a student and a servant. With the backing of Comrade Fu, Death Eaters like Lucius dare not show any disrespect.

Anyone can see how kind Comrade Lao Fu is to Ike.

"Mr. Malfoy, there is something I would like to ask for your help." Ike stopped, and Lucius asked quickly after hearing the words, "Little master, what can you tell me?"

"I want a quiet room to do some magic experiments, some remote, preferably in the manor but not in this castle." Ike said, "You also know the dangers of magic experiments..."

"No problem, it's a very simple matter." Lucius said.

"Thank you, Mr. Malfoy. If it is convenient, please also prepare a cauldron, quill, carving knife and some magic materials for me. Common ones are fine."

"Okay, I'll let you know when I'm ready."

Lucius was very efficient, and took Ike to a small tile-roofed house near the woods in the north of the manor early the next morning.Open the door and come in, it is obvious that it has been tidied up.There are cabinets on all four walls, which are filled with all kinds of magic materials, whether it is potions or alchemy, except for a few extremely rare ones, there are basically all of them.

"Thank you, Mr. Malfoy." Ike said calmly, and Lucius quickly bowed back, but didn't get up immediately.

"There is one thing I hope you can promise."

"You say."

"I want Draco to come over and be your assistant before school starts..."

Ike looked at the somewhat humble Lucius, nodded and agreed.He was very clear about what Lucius had in mind, and he didn't expose it, nor did he reject it. After all, no matter how you look at it, it wouldn't hurt for Draco to be stronger.

But obviously, Draco himself didn't think much of it.

Draco's life has been very difficult since old Comrade V and Ike lived in Malfoy Manor.Besides not being as casual as before, Draco actually lived in fear every moment of every day.

Don't look at him always scaring Harry with Comrade V when he was in school, but no one would want to get along with such a dangerous person day and night.

"Wolfwolf potion, you know." While picking potion ingredients from the shelf, Ike casually said to Draco who was standing next to him to compete with himself.

"I know." Draco's mood was not very high, and Ike could hear it, but he ignored it, but ordered in an almost commanding tone, "Then what are you waiting for? Help me prepare the materials until the start of school, You'll have to brew at least one yourself."

"This... is impossible..."

"Nothing is impossible, Draco." Ike stuffed a list into Malfoy's arms, stared into Draco's eyes, and said in a very serious tone, "Now, it is impossible for you to be like before ..."

Draco was silent for a long time, finally nodded, and helped Ike prepare the potion materials according to the materials on the list.Ike didn't pay much attention to it, and went directly to the crucible with the one he had just found, lit the fire with a flick of his finger, and began to brew the wolfsbane potion.

"Remember Lupin? In the third grade, Snape would brew him such a potion of Wolfsbane every month." While putting the potion ingredients into the cauldron rhythmically, Ike said casually, "It's actually not difficult, it's just tedious. As Snape said in Potions class, this is a precise, rigorous, and beautiful process, and there is no room for error..."

Draco stood by, watching quietly as Ike put one material after another into the crucible like a machine that would never go wrong. The whole process lasted for more than an hour without the slightest lag .

After watching for four hours, Draco didn't say a word, just watched from the sidelines until Ike finally put the lid on the cauldron.

"When will it be good, do you know?" Ike asked.

"Yes, it's on the list you gave me." Draco replied.

"Then, I will leave the work of opening the lid to you." Ike said, "Then, you can start trying..."

Giving up the position of the potion workbench to Draco, Ike came to the other side of the room, picked up a carving knife and a piece of obsidian, sat on a chair and began to carefully carve runes on it.

In terms of potions, before he got a new potion formula, Ike actually had no room for improvement.Indeed, he can try to invent a new potion, but this is completely thankless and does not meet the current needs.On the contrary, in terms of ancient runes and ancient magic, because of the collections of those pure-blood families, Ike has some new ideas that he wants to try.

For example, to build a bridge linking ancient magic and modern magic...

(End of this chapter)